Our first night in the tent and the one word which sums it up best: cosy
– Lhasa to Kathmandu (1 / 20)
At this point it wasn't clear if this was his way of getting rid of his last group quickly and sealing a rapid retirement.
– South America (2 / 20)
the check in lady asked if we were worried about our bags at our Singapore change. 'Should we be worried?'
– Borneo (3 / 20)
Now enter the confusing world of categorizing stone quality and some research into the four C's (carat, colour, cut and clarity) which lead to the big P (price).
– Wedding (4 / 20)
The lie in must have done us some good because we only felt terrible rather than terminal as expected.
– Andy's stag night (5 / 20)
All the suicidal pace came to sudden stop when Duncan's tyre thankfully waved the white flag for all of us.
– Lands end to John O'groats (6 / 20)
More nightclubs than monasteries my arse
– Lhasa to Kathmandu (7 / 20)
Andy personified this attitude with several career ending tackles on his opposite number, Jon
– Andy's stag night (8 / 20)
Dear reader, if you were hoping for more drama, more exhaustion, more biking over the red line of pain then I invite you to show us what you mean and get on your bike. If you are looking for the day when the weather gods turned the other cheek and we all entertained thoughts of not making the distance then you've come to the right day, most specifically the right morning.
– Lands end to John O'groats (9 / 20)
We did of course still have almost four litres of spirits in our bags:more vodka than water. Not for the last time on this trip.
– Iceland (10 / 20)
Eleanor was quite worried about what Andy might come out with in the best man's speech but I think the wine helped to calm the nerves.
– Wedding (11 / 20)
Some may call this Monday but as far as we were concerned this was turtle day
– Borneo (12 / 20)
Bends are blind and sharp so drive your car like playing a harp
– Shimla to Leh (13 / 20)
Before you think that we were being flooded with compassion for these subsistence farmers let me assure you that we were chiefly concerned with the implied lack of tractors to hang on the back of
– Lhasa to Kathmandu (14 / 20)
More worrying, the rules of haggling appeared to have changed with their price going up as well as down.
– Lhasa to Kathmandu (15 / 20)
In terms of racking up the train points today was a poor show consisting of only train 22, however it did wonders for the untracked statistic of average journey length.
– Eastern Europe (16 / 20)
The problem as far as I can tell is that they come with friends, and in the case of the Chinese army lots and lots of friends.
– Lhasa to Kathmandu (17 / 20)
For f*ck sake Duncan
– Swiss Alps part two (18 / 20)
Besides, we once again had more vodka that water - quite a feat considering the number of opportunities we had had during the day to fill up but we had assumed that gastronomic delights awaited us.
– Iceland (19 / 20)
After failing to get any food out of our hotel it didn't take long to make the decision to head across the road to our favorite Yak burger restaurant where we had, you guessed it, another round of Yak burgers.
– Lhasa to Kathmandu (20 / 20)
